CS:GO player Markus Kjærbye (Kjaerbye)

Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye is a Danish counter-strike player who has retired from the professional CS arena. During his seven-year career, he played for such famous teams from Denmark as Team Dignitas, Copenhagen Wolves, Astralis and North, and the only international team FaZe Clan. However, Kjærbye retired from esports in 2021, citing motivation issues.

Name	Markus Kjærbye
Date of birth	27.04.1998
Country	Denmark
Teams	FaZe Clan, Astralis, HYENAS
Role	Rifler (entry fragger)
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	CS:GO

Markus Kjærbye’s biography

Kjaerbye got into esports playing in semi-professional teams like Isak-eSport, myRevenge and NO SIR !, where he showed stable and good play. Thanks to this, he got to Copenhagen Wolves. The invitation to this team provided Markus’ career with a new level. From here, in 2015, he moved to Team Dignitas, with which he won at DreamHack European Minor Tours 2016. After that, Dane’s excellent play allowed him to be in the top club Astralis.

Here was the brightest part of his esports career. With the new team, Chiebu won ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 and Esports Championship Series Season 2 and became the finalist of ELEAGUE Season 2 and fought for the ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2017 championship to the last.

However, after another key player of the Swedish team took a break from his career for health reasons, in early 2018, Markus moved to the North camp.

In 2020, the player went under the banner of FaZe Clan, his only international team. In 2021, he joined HYENAS, the core of which were former counter strikers from the North. For Kjaerbye, HYENAS has become the last professional team. Kjærbye left esports on June 30, 2021.

Kjaerbye’s CS:GO config

These are the basic Kjaerbye’s configs. Although he sometimes experimented with changing the settings, he often turned to this configuration in essential matches. To use it, you first need to download the game to your Steam account.

Kjaerbye’s game launch settings

-console -freq 240 -tickrate 128 +rate 786432 +cl_interp_ratio 1 +fps_max 0 +cl_updaterate 128 +cl_cmdrate 128 +cl_interp 0

Kjaerbye’s crosshair settings

cl_crosshairalpha “255”;cl_crosshaircolor “4”;cl_crosshairdot “0”;cl_crosshair_t “0”;cl_crosshairgap “-2”;cl_crosshairsize “3”;cl_crosshairstyle “4”;cl_crosshairusealpha “1”;cl_crosshairthickness “0”;cl_crosshair_outlinethickness “1”;cl_crosshair_drawoutline “0”;

Kjaerbye’s graphics settings

• Resolution: 800 × 600.
• Monitor refresh rate: 240 Hz.

Kjaerbye’s tactics

Judging by the video of the matches with his participation, Kjaerbye has become the arena for demonstrating his best aiming skills and team play. As a typical entry fragger, Marcus tried to act as aggressively as possible and usually started a firefight first. However, he also distinguished himself by excellent coordination with the “helpers”, competently using flash drives and other interaction options.

How many hours did Marcus spend in CS:GO?

It is impossible to say the exact figure due to the privacy restrictions in the Steam account of this player. However, there is no doubt that, like any pro gamer, Marcus spent thousands of hours on CS:GO game servers.

Player’s training process

CS:GO allowed Kjaerbyeto to demonstrate excellent aim and the ability to remain calm even in the most challenging situations. It takes a lot of practice to get these skills. The best maps for a rifler are Aim Botz and training_aim_csgo2.

Pro gamer’s transfers

• NO SIR!;
• Isak-eSport;
• myRevenge e.V. DK;
• Copenhagen Wolves;
• Astralis;
• FaZe Clan;
• Team Dignitas;
• North;
• HYENAS.

How much did Kjaerbye earn during his career?

For Kjaerbye, CS:GO has become a great place to apply his talents and a great way to make money. In addition to his salary, the professional esportsman received about $ 623,983 in prize money.

Personal life

For Kjaerbye, CS:GO became the main thing in his life for many years. The player himself even dropped out of school to become the first in CS: GO. Although Marcus has retired from esports, he is in his early twenties and has his whole life ahead of him. The funds accumulated over several years allow him to focus on communicating with family and friends. And in the future, he plans to become a streamer or coach.

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